Data Engineer

Who we are

Etraveli Group is the globally leading company for tech solutions and fulfillment capabilities for online sales of flights. We are here to solve complexity, by connecting millions of flights and travelers across the globe. We hold consumer online travel agency brands like Mytrip, GoToGate & Flight Network and serve Booking.com with flights. Etraveli Group has also established strategic partnerships with companies like Skyscanner, Google Flights, TUI, etc.

Every day we strive to make the world smaller for our customers and bigger for our people. Our diverse team of more than 2600 passionate professionals is what makes us the industry’s tech wonder and the best in the world at what we do. Our major offices are in Sweden (HQ), Canada, Greece, India, Poland, with the Athens office being one of the largest, hosting around 600 employees working from the center of Athens for the rest of the world.

Join us and start today as a Data Engineer! 

Position Summary

Our innovative DSR team (Data Science and Research), among other things, drives the transformation of our data platform. As we are replacing our existing infrastructure and integrating with broader data warehouse initiatives, we are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping our evolving data landscape.

As our new Data Engineer you will be working closely with other DSR team members developing data solutions for our ML and BI products for the Sales and Fintech departments. You will develop and optimize data pipelines, champion data quality and governance and contribute to a culture of technical excellence utilizing our growing dynamic data infrastructure. You will also play a crucial role in sharing competences with other team members, promoting best practices in data engineering, and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain ETL and streaming pipelines to support ML solutions for pricing, conversion and revenue optimization.

• Define and ensure data quality standards and assist in implementing relevant monitoring solutions.
• Assist in selecting, evaluating and integrating industry leading frameworks and tooling that are required within our Data Engineering platform, ensuring scalability, performance, maintainability and associated documentation.
• Build and optimize data pipelines together with Machine Learning Engineers and core engine backend developers.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to prioritise business and technical needs.
• Plan, communicate and share status updates together with your fellow colleagues and IT Dev developers creating synergies and using best practice.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or relevant work
• University degree in a STEM discipline.
• Knowledge of data querying and processing languages (Spark, SQL)
• Modelling data and mapping business requirements to data solutions
• Experience with table formats (Iceberg, Delta), data file formats (parquet, avro), and object storage systems (S3 compatible like Ceph)
• Distributed messaging systems (Kafka)
• Pipeline Orchestration (Airflow) and CI/CD (Jenkins, Artifactory) tools
• Monitoring and alerting (Grafana, OpenSearch)
• Data quality management
• Previous exposure to Kubernetes is a merit
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.

Benefits

What we offer

Working at the leading European OTA in selling flight tickets means being part of a fantastic group of professionals, all of us with different skills and personalities and we believe that it is precisely this that makes us a great team. We offer you:

• Working in a hybrid model - having the opportunity to work both remotely and at the office!
• Health Benefits - Through partners, we offer a private health insurance plan. We also offer the possibility to use 2 extra medical leave days in case of need.
• Monthly ticket restaurant card - to spend in one of the thousands affiliated restaurants, cafes, stores or supermarkets across Greece.
• Office in the City – We sit on bright, large floors (over 4000㎡!) in central Athens. Just a short walk from the Ambelokipi Metro station.
• Growth – We believe in personal development and continuous education and finance online courses and other ways to learn. We also have internal seminars and other activities to learn from each other.
• Team activities - We also schedule company/department/team activities and events outside the office space.
• Fun & Work - We have a relaxed work environment where you can enjoy breakfast, free beverages & fruits, playing ping pong or video games. #LI-MN1

Diversity disclaimer

At Etraveli Group we value diversity; we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds. During hiring, we are committed to ensure equality and promote diversity in the workplace at every selection stage. As such, we provide the same opportunities for all candidates regardless of race, religion or belief, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected under any anti-discrimination law or regulation.